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COKE HANDLING APPARATUS.

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COKE HANDLING APPARATUS.

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EDlVARD- N. TRUMP, OF SYRAOUSE, NEV YORK.

COKE-HANDLING APPARATUS.

SPECXEIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,970, dated March 25, 1902. Application filed December 7, 1397. Serial No. 661,033. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, EDWARD N. TRUMP, of

Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefullmprovementsin Ooke-HandlingApparatus, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to apparatus for receiving and conveying coke and similar materials, and has for its object the production of an apparatus for the desired purpose which causes the coke or similar materials to be discharged from the oven or other support directly upon a platform and to become distributed upon said platform in a broken condition and in a layer of substantially uniform thickness without necessitating handling or working thereof; and to this end the invention consists in the combination, construction, and arrangement of the component parts of said apparatus, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is an elevation,partl y broken away, of a preferred embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, partly in elevation, taken on line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan View, partly in section, of a portion of said preferred embodiment of my invention. Fig. at is an elevation of a portion of one of the ovens, the dischargingplunger, and the car, forming part of the apparatus shown in the preceding figures, the cover of the car being omitted. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 5 5, Fig. 4, the cover of the ear being shown in position. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the detached means for causing the automatic discharge of the coke or other material from the car.

It is well known that coke as at present manufactured is generally discharged in a heated condition from the oven in which it is produced and that considerable loss is eX- perienced and time and labor required in quenching the coke, breaking the coke into fragments, so that it may be in commercial condition,and in conveying the coke to the desired locality.

By my invention the heated coke is discharged directly upon a platform, which is of a length greater than the width of the body of coke and coperates with the discharging device for the coke for causing the coke, without handling or working thereof, to become distributed on said platform in a broken condition and in a layer of substantially uniform thickness extending crosswise of the path of the body of coke, and owing to the uniform thickness of the layer of coke the same can be readily quenched with a minimum liability of the consumption or soaking of the coke.

The illustrated embodiment of my invention comprises a plurality of ovens A, a device C for discharging the bodies of coke from the ovens, means D, provided with a platform for receiving and retaining the coke, means F for quenching the coke upon the platform, and means d5 for causing the automatic discharge of the coke from said platform. It will be understood, however, that one or more of said parts may be dispensed With,if desired. The ovens A are usually arranged side by side and are of any desirable form, size, and construction, bein ghere illustrated as formed with substantially horizontal coke-producing chambers and the usual front, rear, and upper openings leading from said chambers and provided with suitable closures. These ovens may be heated by any desirable combustionchambers, (not illustrated,) connected to a chimney ct. A support B, of any suitable construction,is generally arranged in front of the ovens A with its upper face disposed in substantially the same plane as the upper faces of the bottoms or floors of the coke-producing chambers of said ovens. As here illustrated, the upper portion of the support B consists of a non-combustible plate b, which projects beyond the front face of the underlying part of the support B. As will be obvious to those skilled in the art, the support B virtually forms a continuation of the bottoms or floors of the coke-producing chambers of the ovens A and may be dispensed with, if desired.

The device C is here shown as consisting of a carriage c, movable along a guide c', arranged at the rear of the Hovens A, a plunger c2, supported by the carriage c and reciprocally movable in a substantially horizontal plane in the coke-producing chambers of the ovens A, and an engine or other power-transmitting device c3, suitably connected, to the IOO plunger c2 for actuating the same and also connected to a steam-pipe c4 orother desirable source of power.

The means D preferably consists of a car, the bottom of which forms a platform for receiving and retaining the coke discharged by the device C. Said means or car D is composed of non-combustible material and is movable longitudinally along a suitable guide d., which is usually arranged in close proximity to the front ends of the ovens A and at substantially right yangles with the lengthwise planes of said ovens. The bottom or platform d of the means or car D is of a length greater than the width of the body of coke being discharged,is preferably inclined downwardly from the path of the body of coke, and its upperinclined portion is depressed below said path a less distance than the height of the body of the coke and is movable beneath the projecting portion of the plate b of the support B. Said means or car D is movable by any desirable mechanism along the guide d during the discharge of the body of coke' by the device C, is provided with a cover d2 and with one or more doors or gates d3, arranged in proximity to the lower portion'of the bottom or platform d and at substantially right angles thereto, and having their upper portions hinged to the body of the car and their lowerportions movable outwardly for permitting theescape by gravity of the coke or other material on the platform d. The doors or gates d3 are-held in positionby suitable catches or fastening means d4, here illustrated as pivoted levers, having their intermediate portions pivoted beneath and at thef outer sides of the doors or gates d3, their outer ends weighted, and their inner ends arranged normally in the paths of the lower portions of'- the doors or gates d3 and engaged therewith.

Said catches or fastening means are readily forced from their operati-ve -positions by elevating their outer weighted ends, and as the doors or gates d3 move into their normal position the upper or inner ends of the catches are depressed by the lower edges of the doors or gates d3 and are automatically elevated into their operative positions by the weighted ends of said catches. My present invention is not,

however,limited to the detail construction and' arrangement of the means or car D, for which I amabout to file an application foi-.Letters Patent divisional hereof, and consequently it is thought unnecessary to furtherdescribe saidmeansk or car herein,and .no claims are presented in this application for the means or carD, 'exceptin combination with other elements of my apparatus. .The mechanism for moving the means or car- D alongthe guide dmay be of any desirable construction for permittingsaid means or lcar D to cooperate with the device C for causing-the advancing end portions of the body, of coke beingdischarged to become detached from said body in masses, which are caused to tumble or fall from the advancing body of coke successively directlyfupon the platform d and to become distributed on said platform in a broken condition and in a layer of substantially uniform thickness extending crosswise of the path of the body of coke. Said mechanism is here shown as a rotary drum e and a rope or chain e', wound upon the drum c and having its opposite ends connected to the means or car D. The drum e may be revolved in opposite directions by anysuitable mechanism, as an engine e?, and the rope or chain c may be guided by any desirable means, as pulleys c3. Said means e2 is preferably arranged in suitable proximity to the ovens A, being here illustrated as inclosed in a building provided with windows e4, facing the ovens; but said means maybe placed in any other desirable position and, may be controlled by an operator in communication with a second operator stationed in close proximity to the means or car D. The means F may consist ofany suitable pipe, Fig. 2, for discharging water upon the coke during or after the distribution of said coke upon the platform d. Said means d5 is here illustrated as a fixed guide or rail which engages and elevates the outer weighted ends of the catches or fastening means d4, thereby lforcing the same from their operative position, and is supported in proximity to a chute or receptacle D2 for receiving the coke or 4other material discharged fromthe means or car D and emptying the same into a second car D.

In the operation of my apparatus for receiving and conveying coke and similar materials the means or car D is arranged with its advance end in line with the oven from which the coke or other material is to be discharged, the closures for the openings in the opposite ends of said oven are-opened,and the plunger c2 of the device C is inserted withinthe opening in the rear end of said oven `and is moved lengthwise in the cokeproducing chamber of the oven. The heated cokel emerges as a solid body and in asubstantially horizontal plane from the opening inthe front end of the oven andv moves across the support B. As the advance end of the body of coke passes beyond the front edge of the support B it overhangs the upper portion of the advance end of the platform d', until the weight of the overhanging advance end of the coke causes the same to become (lctached in a massof greater or less size, which tumbles or falls directly upon the platform d and upon its impact with said platform is automatically reduced to fragmentary condition and distributed in a substantially uniform layer on the platform d'. In case the detached mass does not at oncebecome separated into fragments the advancing end of the body of coke willV push over'the upper end of said detached mass. As soon as a sufficient quantity of the coke has beenadmitted to the advance end of the means or carD the mechanism for moving said car along its ICQ IIO

guide is operated to slightly advance the car and preferably without stoppage of the plunger c2 and during the discharge of the coke from the oven. The plunger c2 is moved through the oven A and across the support B, and the means or car D is successively advanced until it contains all of the coke previously within said oven. As soon as the coke upon the means or car D has been sufficiently cooled said car conveys the coke to the chute or receptacle D2 or to any other desired locality, where the coke may be discharged automatically or by hand. The heated coke discharged and distributed on the means or car D, as described, does not require any handling, and as the same is distributed on said car in a substantially uniform layer quenching of the heated coke is effected quickly and without undue combustion or soaking of the coke.

The construction and operation of my apparatus for receiving and conveyingcoke and similar' materials will be readily understood upon reference to the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings, and it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that more or less change may be made in said apparatus Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y l. The combination with an oven; of a device for discharging the body of coke in a substantially horizontal plane from the oren, and

means provided with a platform of a length greater than the width of the body of coke for receiving and retaining the coke, said means being movable for moving the platform crosswise of the path of the body of coke during the discharge of said body of coke, and cooperating with said device for causing the advancing end portions of `the body of coke to become detached therefrom in masses which are caused to tumble or fall from the advancing body of coke successively directly upon the platform and to become distributed on said platform in a broken condition and in a layer of substantially uniform thickness extending crosswise of the path of the body of coke, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with an oven; of a device for discharging the body of coke in a substantially horizontal plane from the oven, and means provided with a platform of a length greater than the width of the body of coke for receiving and retaining the coke, the portion of said platform adjacent to the oven being depressed below the path of the body of coke a less distance than the height of said body of coke, and said means being movable for moving the depressed platform crosswise of the path of the body of coke during the discharge of said body of coke, and coperating with said device for causing the advancing end portions of thc body of coke to become detached therefrom in masses which are `caused to tumble or fall from the advancing body of coke successively directly upon the depressed platform and to become distributed on said platform in a broken condition and in a layer of substantially uniform thickness extending crosswise of the path of the body of coke, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with an oven; of a device for discharging the body of coke in a substantially horizontal plane from the oven, and means provided With a platform of a length greater than the width of the body of coke for receiving and retaining the coke, said platform being inclined downwardly from the path of the body of coke, and said means being movable for moving the inclined platform crosswise of the path of the body of coke during the discharge of said body of coke and coperating with said device for causing the advancing end portions of 'the body of coke to become detached therefrom in masses which are caused to tumble or fall from the advancing body of coke successively directly Yupon the inclined platform and to become distributed on said platform in a broken condition and in a layer of substantially uniform thickness extending crosswise of the path of the body of coke, substantially as described.

4. The combination with an oven; of adevice for discharging the body of coke in a substantially horizontal plane from the oven, and means provided with a platform of a length greater than the'widthof the body of coke for receiving and retaining the coke, said platform being` inclined downwardly from the path of the body of coke and having its upper .inclined portion depressed below said path a less distance than the height of said body of coke, and said means being movable for moving the inclined depressed platform crosswiseof the path of the body of coke during the discharge of said bodyof coke, and cooperating with said device for causing the advancing end portions of the body of coke to become detached and to become distributed successively upon the inclined depressed platform in a layer of substantially uniformthickness extending crosswise of the path of the body of coke, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination with an oven; of a device for discharging thebody of heated coke in a substantially horizontal plane from the oven, meansprovided with a platform of a length greater thanY the width of the body of heated coke for receiving and retaining the coke, said means being movable for moving the platform crosswise of the path of the body of heated coke during the discharge of said bodyof coke, and coperating with said device for causing the advancing end portions of the body of heated coke to become detached therefrom in masses which are caused to tumble or fall from the advancing body of coke successively directly upon the platform IOC) ICS

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Yand to become distributed on said platform AWise of the path of the body of coke, and

means for quenching said layer of heated coke upon said platform, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with an oven; of a device for discharging the body of heated coke in a substantially horizontal plane from the oven, means provided with a platform of a length greater than the Width of the body of heated coke for receiving and retaining the coke, said platform being inclined down- Wardly from the path of lthe body of heated coke and having its upper inclined portion depressed below said path a less distance than the height of said body of heated coke, and said means being movable for moving theinclined depressed platform crossWise of the path of the body of heated coke during the discharge of said' body of coke and coperating with said device for causing the advancing end portions of the body of heated coke to become detached and to become distributed successively upon theinclined depressed platform in a layer of substantially uniform thickness extending crosswise of the path of the bodyof coke, aud means for quenching said layer of heated coke upon said platform, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination with an oven; of a device for discharging the body of coke in a substantially horizontal plane from the oven, means provided with a platform of a length greater than the Width of the body of coke for receiving and retaining the coke, said means being movable for movingfthe platform crosswise of the path of the body of coke during the discharge of said body of coke, and coperating with said device for causing the advancing end portions of the body of coke to become detached therefrom in masses which are caused to tumble or fall from the advancing body of coke successively directly upon the platform and to become distributed on said platform in a broken condition and in a layer of substantially uniform thickness extending crossWise of the path of the body of coke, and means for causing the automatic discharge of the layer of coke from said platform, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination with an oven; of a device for discharging the body of coke in asubstantially horizontal plane from the oven, means provided with a platform of a length greater than the Width of the body of coke for receiving and retaining the coke, said platform being inclined downwardly from the path of the body of coke and having its upper inclined portion depressed below said path a less distance'than the height of said body of coke, and said means being movable for moving the inclined depressed platform crosswise of the path of the body of coke during the discharge of said body of coke, and cooperating with said device for causing the advancing end portions of the body of coke to become detached and to become distributed successively upon the inclined depressed platform in a layer of substantially uniform thickness extending crosswise of the path of the body of coke, and movable means at substantially the base of the inclined platform for normally preventing the discharge of the layer of coke therefrom and for permitting the automatic discharge of said layer of coke.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two attesting Witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 11th day of October, 1897.

EDVARD N. TRUMP.

Witnesses:

E. H. WEISBURG, F. H. THEOBALD. 

